鴰
guā

the crow

Components

舌
舌 Sound component
shé tongue
鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːd
koːd

說文解字

麋鴰也。从鳥𠯑聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

鸹 guā the crow Simplified

Components

舌
舌 Sound component
shé tongue
鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode